PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Molton Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sabre
vs
Hope

199 cm
23
264 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Merciless Gladiators

The Adrenaline Matrix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlton Sabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Molton Hope!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabre moves in looking to clinch but Hope pushes him off.
Sabre tries to clinch but Hope moves out of range.
Hope swats away the attempt to clinch by Sabre.
Hope throws a big shot that misses.

Sabre drops Hope with a nice combination! Sabre dives into Hope's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Molton Hope has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sabre throws a big elbow that misses.
Sabre throws a strike but Hope rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hope wants to stand and escape but instead Sabre has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sabre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sabre postures up in Hope's guard and throws a big left but Hope blocks it.
Hope has momentary wrist control but Sabre slips an elbow through the middle.
Sabre wants to control from the top but Hope keeps moving.
Hope utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hope wants to sweep here but Sabre controlling him for the moment.
Sabre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sabre wants to control from the top but Hope keeps moving.
Sabre throwing strikes from guard but Hope blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope controlling Sabre's posture.
Hope wants to get back to his feet but Sabre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hope wants to sweep but no luck.
Hope has momentary wrist control but Sabre slips an elbow through the middle.
Sabre throws an elbow that misses. Hope uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sabre's guard. Nice move by Hope!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hope won't allow Sabre to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
My spies in Blitzkrieg Fighting Systems: Ground inform me that Hope has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Sabre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hope looking to sit in guard and control but Sabre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sabre throws an elbow that misses. Hope uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sabre's guard. Nice move by Hope!
Sabre wants to get back to his feet but Hope is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre pulls Hope in close to prevent any damage.
Sabre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hope chips away with some ground and pound.
Hope trying to control the position from guard on top but Sabre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hope with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hope tries to free his leg and advance position but Sabre is retaining full guard.
Sabre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hope.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Sabre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Molton Hope's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sabre staying out of range there.
Sabre tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hope counters with a nice body shot.

Sabre rushes Hope and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sabre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hope throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hope blocking some punches.

Hope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hope avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Sabre throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Hope stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Sabre follows into mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hope is working to get back to half guard.
Hope holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sabre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Carlton Sabre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hope working to try and regain half guard.
Hope manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Sabre is pressing down on Hope's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hope is holding on for now.
Hope has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sabre is working away from the top position though.
Sabre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hope's head.
Sabre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hope's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sabre.
Sabre is trying to control the action in half guard but Hope is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sabre looks to land a strike but Hope avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sabre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hope works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sabre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sabre throws an elbow that misses. Hope uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sabre's guard. Nice move by Hope!
Hope working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hope wants to control from the top but Sabre keeps moving.
Hope wants to get up but he can't break Sabre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope throws a strike but Sabre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hope preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sabre connects with a couple of short punches.
Sabre throws a big elbow that misses.
Hope avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sabre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hope utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sabre throws a strike but Hope rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope throws a big right hand that misses.
Sabre trying to control the position.
Sabre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hope trying to control the position from guard on top but Sabre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hope with a flurry of punches that miss.

Hope decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sabre, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Sabre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Molton Hope's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The fighters circling - Hope throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hope lands a jab to the nose.
Hope takes one to the side of the head.

Sabre moves into range and clinches up with Hope.
Hope tries a knee to the head but Sabre blocks it.
Sabre misses with the head strike.
Hope tries to score a body lock takedown but Sabre shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hope is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hope misses with a knee to the head.
Hope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabre avoids it.
A short left from Sabre.
Hope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hope taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope crunches a lovely knee into Sabre's ribcage.
Hope lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Carlton Sabre has been cut.
Hope with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sabre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sabre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sabre blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hope.
Hope prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sabre drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hope pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hope dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hope circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sabre wants to clinch.
Molton Hope has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hope fails in his attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sabre scores with a jab. Hope acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sabre lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hope gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sabre swats away the attempt to clinch by Hope.
Hope looks to land a left hand but Sabre moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sabre moves into the clinch.
Sabre lands an uppercut.
Hope blocking some punches.
Sabre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sabre dodges an elbow strike from Hope.
A short right from Sabre.
Hope missing with knees to the body.
Hope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabre.
Sabre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sabre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hope.

Sabre turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sabre manages to end up in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sabre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hope down.
Sabre wants to control but Hope is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sabre misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sabre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hope keeps working.
Hope is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Sabre has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hope is looking to reverse the position.
Sabre cracks Hope with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sabre sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hope is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlton Sabre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sabre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Carlton Sabre!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Carlton Sabre!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Carlton Sabre!

Carlton Sabre wins by unanimous decision!